What are the core tenets of British Conservatism?

Law and order- Traditional conservatives have a highly negative view of human nature, theorists such as Hobbes argued that the government was needed to act as a Leviathan, in this case meaning a strong centralised authority, to ensure that humans do not slip back into the "state of nature", life in this state of nature as Hobbes described is "nasty, brutish, and short". Therefore a strong government is necessary to ensure the maintenance of the rule of law and harmony within society.Traditionalism- Throne and alter conservatives such as de Maistre value the traditional institutions of church and state, as a result of the stability that they have provided over the centuries. The idea is that traditions have come around for a reason, and represent the wisdom of our ancestors. Chesterton described adherence to traditions as looking beyond only the short-term views and interests of the living ruling class and instead adopting a "democracy of the dead" and therefore following the traditions that have been laid out by those before us. Gradualism over radicalism- One-nation conservatism emerged as a response to the worsening division within Victorian Britain between classes. Disraeli, a Conservative prime minister, feared that society would split into two nations, one of the rich and one of the poor, he argued that "the palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy" and that worsening divisions would result in societal upheaval. Therefore, gradual change would be favoured in order to avoid any radical parties gaining power, and to ultimately ensure that any change was done slowly in order to ensure that stability within society was maintained.